Chapter 90: Emily (1)

The battle was fierce.

“Aaaagh!!! Help me!”

“Get away! Kill them all! Hurry!”

The knights were clad in mana all over their bodies and fought against the magical beasts, and the magical beasts bit them and fought.

They really look ferocious.

The description in the novel seemed to be inadequate.

They have black skin, sharp teeth protruding all over their faces, and three arms.

The magical beasts were all different, and among them were magical beasts whose weaknesses were revealed in the original work.

Whenever that happened, I pointed at them and spoke.

“The magical beast with horns on its side has a weak point on its inner thigh! If you burn it with magic or attack it, it won’t be able to walk anymore.”

Next magical beast.

“Uh, the magical beast with two necks has weak eyes. You don’t have to stab the eyes, just burst a bright light and it won’t be able to see for a while.”

Next magical beast.

“The skeleton-type magical beast can’t actually see. It doesn’t have eyes. If someone who can hide their presence ambushes it, they can easily kill it.”

I shared as much information as I could.

Heimer listened to me and had a short meeting with the people in the operation control room. Because if the information I provided was wrong, it could lead to great damage.

The information they had and the information I provided are compared. The information that was approved was immediately sent to the battlefield.

Fortunately, the morale of the knights and wizards was revived as I shared various information in that way.

I checked the observer in the strategy room.

There were dozens of observers in the conference room that looked at various parts of the battlefield, and overall, the magical beasts were being pushed back.

But it’s not time to be complacent yet.

Some specific magical beasts are really killing people indiscriminately, and because of that, gaps are created on the battlefield.

When that happened, the high-ranking people in the command room gave opinions and found ways to deal with them.

Not only that, but they also sent reinforcements to relatively unstable places, and formed teams to rescue nobles who were held hostage.

‘There’s nothing more I can do.’

I don’t know anything about strategy. I read the original work, but I don’t know how much power the knights have or what kind of power the wizards have.

So just up to here. There’s nothing more to do.

I thought.

‘Can’t I find Emily with that observer?’

The observer is an artifact. I quietly left the conference room and asked the wizard who was standing guard.

“Wizard. Do you have any spare observers?”

“Hmm? Ah, you’re Baronet Rachel. You said you were the descendant of the Poison King?”

“Yes.”

“But why are you looking for an observer?”

“There’s someone I want to find.”

The wizard seemed to think for a moment, and then took out an observer from subspace.

The appearance was just a blue crystal ball.

“You don’t know how to use it, do you? I’ll briefly explain how to use it. Basically, the observer has flight magic, so you have to control it with a controller.”

A wizard with mana can move and control it as they wish, but I couldn’t.

He took out a controller that looked like a handle from subspace. When he pressed the red button on it and activated it, the crystal ball floated into the air.

“If you operate it like this, it will float in the sky. And if you tilt your hand in the direction you want, it will go forward. The observer is basically very weak. So you have to be careful of attacks, so please be careful.”

I bowed my head and expressed my gratitude.

“Thank you. Really.”

“You’re welcome. If you really feel that way, ahem. Can you make me a potion when you leave?”

“Yes. Well. I understand.”

What’s so difficult about giving a potion?

I controlled the observer while looking at the hologram device he handed me. The observer is more expensive than I thought, so I have to control it well.

I grabbed the handle and tilted it forward, and it moved forward. The hologram screen was linked to the observer, and the surrounding scenery came in.

“First, I need to check if she went into the mansion.”

I operated the crystal ball.

Among the magical beasts, there were also aerial types, but fortunately, they didn’t seem to have found the observer. Even if they found it, they didn’t seem to care.

‘Phew. I hope she’s there.’

I sent it to the mansion as it was.

It was easy to find Emily’s mansion.

I dispelled the invisibility magic in front of the knight protecting the first floor of the mansion.

“!!!”

The knight instantly drew his sword and tried to cut. He thought it might be a trap sent by a magical beast.

But soon, the wizard next to him stopped him and explained.

“But whose crystal ball is this? Can you hear me? Does it not have a sound function?”

I could hear well.

I pressed the green button on the remote control. Then my voice came out. I opened my mouth as if speaking into a microphone.

“I’m Arcane Rachel. Emily’s friend. Do you know me?”

“Ah. You’re the Baronet? I heard you were in the operation control room, is that correct?”

“Yes. It’s just that, has Emily come in?”

Fortunately, the knight nodded.

“Yes. Miss Emily is currently inside.”

“R-Really?!”

“Yes.”

I was relieved by those words.

“Is she hurt anywhere?”

“She’s fine. She was looking for you, Baronet Rachel, about 10 minutes away from here.”

“Oh, dear.”

In a way, it’s natural.

She’s armed with all kinds of protective artifacts, the knights are searching the surroundings like they’re looking for lice, and the wizards are also searching with magic, so it’s natural to find her.

I was relieved there, and then I was moved that she continued to look for me even after the warning sound.

If it were someone else, they would have immediately hidden in the safe mansion without thinking about me.

Hmm. Conversely, if I were in Emily’s situation, would I be able to wait for Emily?

After a brief thought, the answer was yes.

I want her to be well and happy. But that doesn’t mean I can accept her confession without thinking.

I still need to think more about that question.

“I see. Please give my regards to Emily.”

“Yes.”

I operated the observer to return. Afterwards, I gave a mana recovery potion to the wizard who lent it to me.

Then a knight asked me. She was the one who brought me here and was still inside the command room.

“Miss. Would you like to return to the main mansion?”

“To the main mansion? Wouldn’t it be dangerous?”

“It’s not dangerous. Currently, the inner defense line built around the teleport station has not been breached. Not only that, but you said they can’t move because of the barrier. No magical beasts have entered the inside yet.”

I thought for a moment.

In this chaos. Is it really right to return to the main mansion in this pandemonium?

Normally, it’s impossible. But when I operated the observer earlier, I confirmed that there were no magical beasts on the way from here to the mansion.

Anyway, I have nothing more to do here, and if I’m going, it’s right to go before the battlefield becomes more intense.

“Yes. I’ll go.”

“Then follow me.”

She took me and went outside. She gave me a protective artifact in preparation for any possible situation.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Explosions were heard in succession around me. It was different from seeing it with the observer inside the command room.

The loud noise pierced my ears directly beyond mere decibels, and the vibration shaking the ground and the screams coming from everywhere made me even more nervous.

At that moment, a strange thought came to my mind.

What if Emily couldn’t enter the mansion while looking for me and got caught in the middle of that chaos?

It’s dizzying.

My knees naturally trembled, and my head turned white.

‘What are you thinking? She’s fine and unharmed.’

I shook my head and let go of the imagination.

It’s foolish to think negatively about a situation that has already ended.

The knight took care of me and ran hard. Fortunately, no magical beasts attacked us on the way to the mansion.

There were no magical beasts that reached here in the first place.

‘Is that a relief, at least.’

It’s fortunate that the Demon King’s eighth subordinate came only once.

If he had manifested his ability to the fullest and traveled back and forth between here and the Demon King’s castle several times to procure a large number of troops, the situation would be much worse.

Because that tactic appears later, I don’t have to worry about it now.

“Huff. Huff. Huff.”

‘Please go inside.’

I was panting. My heart was pounding like crazy and I was thirsty. Because I ran too much. But the knight didn’t sweat a drop.

Fortunately, I arrived at the mansion, opened the door, and walked slowly.

Now that I’ve arrived at the mansion, I’m safe again.

The hallway of the mansion was quiet. Some were praying, and some were indifferent as if it was no big deal.

I went upstairs.

The destination is Emily’s room.

So I arrived in front of the room and carefully knocked on the door.

Knock, knock.

“Emily. It’s me.”